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VTech CMS Made Manufacturing Market Insider (MMI) Top 50 for 2007
     
1. What is RoHS?
Restriction of Hazardous Substances
2. When will CMS start to be RoHS compliant ?
July 2005 (started)
3. When will CMS 100% RoHS compliant ?
Hard to tell, many parts, especially, IC and EOL parts which are the manufacturers do not have priority to convert
them to RoHS compliant. Generally speaking, VTech CMS product is 95%+ RoHS by May 2006.
4. Do you provide a service to convert my product to RoHS compliant ?
Certainly.
5. Product Types in CMS
- Professional Audio
- Switching mode power supply (industrial grade)
- Home Appliance (electronic controls)
- Instrumentation, Digital Meters
- Medical (Blood tester and ultrasound scanner PCBA)
- RF and Telecommunications products
- Wireless Products
Specialized in RF areas
6. Do you have China domestic sales rights ?
Yes. However, owing to WTO and corresponding reduction of import tax of finished products, the saving to
produce the product and directly sells in China locally vs paying import tax of finished product is diminishing. The
advantage is gradually going away.
7. Do you provide turnkey and design (ODM) services ?
Certainly. For ODM product, since we are not a pure design house, the design capability is a "service" to the
customer, we want the MP order which follows instead of just sell the design.
8. Who owns the IP of the design ?
The customer does. Full set of dwg, softcopy both mech and electronic will be passed to the customer after the
design is completed. In return, since the customer owns the design, they need to pay for the design costs too.
9. What is the size of business then CMS starts to be interested ?
Generally speaking, $1M in the first year, with sufficient electronic content (which is our core business and
purchasing strength).
10. I want to buy VTech phone / toys
We are a different division, the CMS of the same VTech company. Please leave your contact and we will forward
your request to their responsible sales people.
11. Do you have European and North American office ?
USA - yes, in Cambridge MA
Europe - No, but we do have rep partner in Germany
12. What is your typical turn-around time for a quotation?
2 weeks.
13. Where is your manufacturing plant located?
VTech Science Park, Xia Ling Bei Management Zone, Liaobu, Dongguan.
14. Can you provide turn-key products, including packaging, ready for shelf display?
Yes.
15. Do you outsource tooling or do you have your own tooling department?
Yes, VTech has own tooling shop in Qing Yuan, Guangdong and Houjie, Dongguan.
16. Can you ship products directly to my customer at our request ?
Yes, VTech did a lot of drop shipment from Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
17. Do you have SLA capabilities and what is your typical lead time ?
Yes, we can do SLA and typical lead time is around 3-5 days. It depends on complexity and quantity to be made.
18. What approvals and certification does your manufacturing facility have?
ISO9001:2000, ISO14001, TL9001, ISO13488 and TS16949.
19. How many active customers does VTech's CMS division have?
40 to 45
20. What is your typical warranty and can I extend the warranty, i.e. from 1 year to 2 years?
VTech will offer 1 year warranty for workmanship defects from the date of delivery.
VTech will charge additional 1% on product price to extend 1 year warranty.
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